Answer: JABS
JABS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 85 times.
Referring Clues:
- Quick punches
 - Barbed comments
 - Hook alternatives
 - Lefts from Louis
 - Needles
 - A quick left and a quick right
 - Rights, e.g.
 - Haymaker preceders
 - Sharp lefts from Ali
 - They're no slow pokes
 - Gets one's point across?
 - Body blows
 - Short punches
 - Plays poker?
 - Ring tactics
 - Setup punches
 - Pointed criticisms
 - Sticks with a needle
 - Ring exchange?
 - Hypo injections
 - Pokes
 - Sharp punches
 - Boxer's tactics
 - Ring punches
 - Elbows rudely
 - Elbows
 - Quick boxing punches
 - Boxing blows
 - Boxing punches
 - Some boxing punches
 - They may set up haymakers
 - Some blows
 - Hooks' counterparts
 - Ripostes
 - Pugilistic punches
 - Injures with a pencil, say
 - Boxer's blows
 - Pointed comments
 - Boxing moves
 - Ring shots
 - Stabs
 - Bout staples
 - Pokes with an elbow
 - Some quick punches
 - Elbow
 - Ring sequence
 - Pokes roughly
 - Pugilistic tactics
 - Verbal zingers
 - Boxers' blows
 - Sharp criticisms
 - Sticks, as with a needle
 - Pierces with a needle
 - They set up the 18-Down
 - Quick hits
 - Short blows
 - Snarky comments
 - Ring exchange
 - The "ones" in one-twos
 - Criticism, so to speak
 - Sparring maneuvers
 - Nudges
 - Nasty comments
 - Verbal or physical pokes
 - Sparring punches
 - Quick strikes
 - Boxer's arsenal
 - Some punches
 - Pugilists' quick blows
 - Biting comments
 - Sharp rights from Manny Pacquiao
 - Quick blows
 - Quick, sharp punches
 - Setups for knockout punches
 - Mocking remarks
 - Pokes, or punches
 - Snarky remarks
 - Digs
 - Assorted mockery
 - Boxers' punches
 - Much of sparring
 - Punches
 - Quick shots
 - Pokes in the ring
 - Zingers
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - July 29, 2025
 - New York Times - June 18, 2025
 - New York Times - April 25, 2025
 - LA Times - May 30, 2024
 - LA Times - November 24, 2023
 - New York Times - August 13, 2023
 - New York Times - January 06, 2023
 - New York Times - July 06, 2022
 - New York Times - March 07, 2022
 - LA Times - August 05, 2021
 - New York Times - April 10, 2021
 - Universal - February 02, 2021
 - Universal - February 01, 2021
 - USA Today - January 05, 2021
 - New York Times - December 06, 2020
 - USA Today - October 22, 2020
 - LA Times - October 14, 2020
 - Netword - October 21, 2019
 - LA Times - October 17, 2019
 - USA Today - September 09, 2019
 
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